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Hello, Been waiting for the new nForce 4 chipset to come out
so you can run a PCI Express videocard with that socket 939
Athlon64 processor? Thought 'that day' would never come? Well smile,
because PCstats has a review of the brand new nForce 4 Ultra Gigabyte
K8NXP-9 motherboard for your reading pleasure...
benchmarked with the MSI
RX800XT videocard and Athlon64
4000+ CPU no less! Time to break out that freebie Half Life 2 coupon, and get
gaming!

From quick tips to WindowsXP,
right through to cool tweak, toys and experiments, PCstats has go you covered
with over a hundred new Tech Tips!PCStats is pleased to present this latest installment of our Windows XP
Tips collection. This guide brings you 104 ways to make using Windows XP
faster, safer and more enjoyable. Combined with our first two tips
articles,101 Tech Tips and 99 Performance Tweaks, PCstats now has over 300
of the best tips for Microsoft Windows XP assembled in one place!Continue Here>>

Over the course of this review, PCstats will explain the
attributes of nVidia's hot new nForce 4 Ultra chipset, the benefits of
this technology, and how it application on the Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9
motherboard performs. As the nVidia 'CK804' chipset soldered to this board
is an engineering sample, there may, or may not be a bit of latitude to
the results against that of a retail bought solution. In any event, the Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 is bound to be a
favourite solution, for not only does it incorporate the
all important PCI Express x16 slot alongside an Athlon64 64-bit processor, but it
also features a remarkable array of goodies. Continue
Here>>

The USB memory key appears well on its way to
replacing the floppy drive completely; as flash memory prices have dropped, these devices
have become cheap enough that anyone can afford them. As you will see there's a lot
more you can do with your USB memory key than just transfer files. These
flexible miniature storage devices can put a whole range of portable
applications, and even operating systems in your pocket. In this guide, PCstats will reveal eleven
tips, tricks and projects for getting more out of your current USB memory
drives than you may have known was possible. From the mundane to the
insane, we're sure you'll find something here that's worth trying, so
let's begin! Continue
Here>>

Small Form Factor (SFF) PCs have
advanced in leaps and bounds since they were first released by Shuttle a few years
ago. PCstats recently reviewed an attractive SFF kit from AOpen,
the EX915 XCube. This is a 'barebones' kit. AOpen's XCube is
easily among the best looking SFF PCs available, and AOpen has been
extremely quick in getting the latest technology into their systems. Who
else has an 915G Socket 775 Pentium 4 board available in a SFF
system?Continue
Here>>

Based on the highly successful NV40
architecture, the small 0.11 micron manufactured GeForce
6600 GPU only has half the rendering pipelines of the
6800GT/Ultra, but still packs quite a powerful punch.
PCstats will be putting the Albatron's new GeForce
PC6600 PCI Express videocard though its paces in this
review, so let's get started. Using the NV43 GPU, the
Albatron card is backed up by 128MB of 5ns Hynix DDR
memory. Not a lot, but it should suffice for the average
gamer. The Albatron GeForce PC6600 supports dual
monitors, which means this card can be used for work or
business purposes, as well as gaming.Continue
Here>>

It can make life easier for admins to set up scheduled tasks, like running a virus scan every Friday at lunch, or scanning for spyware Monday mornings. Though sometimes a few PC's might not run the scheduled tasks, even though they have administrative access to do all the processes. Frustrating as this may be, the fix is quite easy.

First load up Windows Explorer (Right click on the My Computer icon and go to explore) and follow this path Documents and Settings -> All Users -> Application Data -> Microsoft -> Crypto -> RSA->S-1-5-18, please note these folders are hidden by default so you'll have to enable the Show hidden files and folders option. Once you're in that directory, delete any file that's inside, the scheduled tasks will recreate anything that's needed.

After that's done, the scheduled tasks should run whenever you set them to!

Be sure to stop by PCStats Forums and post your questions. If you're planning to upgrade your PC or need recommendation, this is the right place to do it.